Rydogg

Can you provide more info? Pictures, percent complete (if any), cost, location...

I don't think they have sold any engines to anyone, let alone the military. I've been following them for years, there is pleanty of possible applications for this in the military but they haven't sold any. Please correct me if you have evidence otherwise though.

Everything will beat the Infinity to market... Even the DeltaHawk engines.

i checked out some engines but the only turbo diesels i found were way too heavy for your purposes, what's the model# you were referring to? also, are you planning on running diesel or jet-a in this thing?

Interesting, what engine are you going to use? VW TDI, Mercedes, other?

Sounds interesting, I've got two questions though: 160 HP total or per engine? What's the configuration? (Defiant style or other)

Correct! "Labala estimated price range of power plant in the $ 60,000, that amount be recovered quickly with low operating costs."I somehow doubt that "quickly" claim...

That blows:mad: . Vote him out of office (assuming it's an elected position...)

That is a nice looking plane, best of luck to you guys. What engine is going to be used in it? for those a little rusty on their Russian... http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velocityaircraft.ru%2Fintruder_main.htm&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.velocityaircraft.ru%2Fintruder_fuselage.htm&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&sl=ru&tl=en

No need to make any nonsensical ASSumptions about me Mark. I am more than aware that Len was the pilot of the plane. And when I say "I am more than aware that Len was the pilot of the plane", I mean to say that any monkey that can type in "n637ps" into Google and the NTSB can easily determine that Len was the pilot of the plane. My comment was aimed at Len's statement that the accident was "weather related", whereas the NTSB and numerous other news organizations all contradict him. You may have missed my earlier comment but according to the NTSB's 'unbiased' report the accident was caused by a "loss of power", which was immediately followed by what I have interpreted as an emergency landing. And when I say "NTSB's 'unbiased' report" I mean that, the NTSB's report is impartial, which is to say, that have no stake in the outcome of the investigation (other than to determine the cause of the accident). Len was obviously trying to prove that biofuels are a viable part of aviation's future and I absolutely applaude him for his efforts, but that doesn't explain the huge disparity between the reports. If you have beef with the NTSB or don't believe they are competent to do their jobs, more power to you, but don't expect me to drink your kool-aid based on the accident eval you performed where (your word here) "Probable" causes were at fault. Good effort but, at best, your evaluation proves nothing. I'll tell you what Mark, lets wait for the NTSB's final report to make any more ASSumptions, eh?

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20081105X64158&key=1Len, I think you were misinformed, the NTSB report specifically states that it was NOT a weather related accident. The plane "was substantially damaged when it struck a light pole and impacted terrain at Osceola Municipal Airport (3MO), Osceola, Missouri following a loss of power and subsequent forced landing. The personal, cross country flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident....The pilot was performing a cross-country flight at 6,500 feet mean sea level (MSL) when the airplane engine overheated, then quit."

LOL, catapults would be awesome!

I suppose it's possible, hopefully someone that speak german can confirm or deny that though. I believe all (at least most) high-compression diesel engines have glowplugs to help with cold weather starting. I probably shouldn't say "all" though, if you know otherwise please feel free to correct me.

Call me crazy but as far as I know (or knew) diesel is a compression ignition fuel and won't ignite via a spark. The closest reference I could find on the subject was this, where they run a gas engine in "diesel" mode to increase efficiency...once it's running. http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=123274 Maybe they know something the rest of us don't??? Anyone else heard of spark igniting diesel? **edited cause I don't know how to spell**

This may be a dumb question but here goes: Deltahawk has been in business for 12+ years at this point and as far as I can tell, they haven't sold a single engine (experimental or certified). How can they afford to stay in business? They must have millions of dollars of backing to be "just 1 or 2 years away from FAA certification. Anyone talk to them at Oshkosh and get any real news on why they're taking so long?